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Orleans banks, 5 >[ Mississippi. kblNatches Bank, 6 |-t2; Alabama, pc Mobile Bank, 6'“ SiTombickbe ba^pfc, ane- 1] Michigan.' 1C|B. of Michigan, 1 ir.B of AJufiroe £<> hpoiver contained in a pge-, eire-cuted by Elipha- now deceased, to Hen- iaie tn^e £bih day of Jaft- |n iot of litiiil ill the town 1^ in ihe Cotj-ity of Geii- I (Je'^crilied on a map \f |D. P.i-den, surveyor, as c ’Bi pan di sajd fcsl '4 Allen-,' Creek, so III ft side of Slate Street. lurches oi /and. ------ The hbed ill said Mortgage, fiuctioii, pursuant Wlhc ft;iie aiiu f»roviiied, at. ttic Iby M U Diiiiniiig, Inn- llage of Le flo 3 ',-on the pviry nexlj lietween the ke o'clock A.M , to sat- Ipiin s.iiij Mortgage—but Iti''rtimcnl5 to grow rtue yit'.g i ;-t o made in Hie |e i.'oi, es sf'ciired tiy the |e iutcrrst liiereon.—Dst» EV.M.jrK, .Mortgagee [t; V Gin2S p't I. 1 - ' ccti made in the |ru,ii i.i money secured to I i .^Ior!g^!ge, bearing l,b day of November iu [fte ihaiisaiid' eight hun- Secuted by ALLEsN H. |vfi ’->( (Jovciiglon in the l;Ci;-auncey .L,. Sheldon, j$aw 111 Sail! county, de- irlairi tract or parcel of ilut number eight in the Ibe town of Covington, lenesee, being tf^\first |tjhe said lot, cQisitaining acres and fifty eight L’.-according to Orange . measiirerpenl of the lien-iore bereliy given hivtr cQnfoined in said ||ul‘ in such Case made . ■o'lgaged premises wii? | Itjai the Itouse now oc- I iiwain in .the town of if Gfiifaee, on Tbors- If May nest, at .ten a'- lllljal day. l^LDO.V, I jAiitninislralrix, an<3 fiV F. .SH ELDON, po-Mon, deceased. , Bio44 F 0 S L K . t.\ P e d p o r k in the Ivhb h CASH svili be |S. GRANT, &.Co. 47 FRIDAS’ MOjaNING, [i, RAT a VIA, Nil. hOWliVG -fs. j It will be djeliver- Ihe office fof their th^y V Ije, payutUlte ad- wilf1 POBLISjtlKD EVERY FRIDAY; iaO R N lSG , at MECRANtClC’S HAEI,, BATAVIA, N.Y. ON THE FOELOWISG T E R M S . , , - To village subscribers it will be deliver ed at per annuni. To those who call ttt the office- for their papers, To companies of 13 or more, they will be furnishhd at ;gU,50. To Mail subscribers ^2, payable in ad vance. & • m York i t t g s ^ ! CQTJES &, -SBAVEK, A REl now receiving, troin New their fall su.ipiv of D R .U Q S & M E JDICIN E S , P A I N T S , O IL S , 4&C. Which together with tlieir former stock makes.tjheir assortment exten,^ive and com plete. \ f p.' ----- AJrO.S’G WHICH a r e —^ ----- Plasters of all kinds, Anii-mony, 'Annattu, E.'ctractls o f Ilyosci- Alcohol, amiis Calomel, Cantharides Poland Starch ,|Em eiic Tartar Tarlnric Acid Tauiarinds Guin Copal do Shellac ' Jalap, B,ose Water Aqua Fbrtis, Acids, of all kinds Bora.s:, |ied Pans Bottles and V'ials Canthai(idcs,Caloine ~g~~FAS just received his SPRING SUPPLY of A X GOODS, in his line, consisting of W A T C H jeS , J E W E L R Y , S I L V E R W a r : e , <fec. & c . comprising ;about eVery- article in his line of business. Parliculaf attention will be paid to cleaning k. Repairing CLOCKS k WATCHES of every desjuription. ___ of all kinds <)n hand, .or made toorder on shor notice.—Batavia,May 7, 1829. ' 17 ~ ^ 0 T S . O P T p C B T H E P R I C E S O F ALL TlTe miteiialS’used in'makiug Printing Types, have been greatly reduced, and the facility o f irlanufaeuiring greatly increased. The subscriber iheiefore ha.s been rnduced to make a proport'ijonate reduction in the prices, which, front the 1st of April, have been as stated in thfe annexed list. The character the type made at this foundry is well kndwn to the trade , who are assured that in regard to the quality of metal, finish and durability, no deviation, has been made. He has oin hand a complete assortment, and can supiply any quantity on a short no tice : he will be happy to receive the' orders of his customers, which will have immedi ate attention. Merchants who have orders from abroad, can have offices complete, with presses, and every thing necessary for a printing establishment, put up, in the most perfect manner. fU C H A R D R O N A L D S O N . P rices .— At six raoiuhs' credit, for ap proved paper, or at a discount o f 5 per c ^ t . SO 36 0 34 0 32 0 32 0 30 Castor Oil ' do Croton k Olive Oil do All kinds o f Essential! do Oill-s do Catheters, Stiver and do Elastic do Cnrde aind Pulv. Croeus Martis, Aloes Gamboge Myrrh Camphor Arabic Opium do Galbanum do Kino, Cocliincal, Cocculus do Ammoniac Indicus do Tragacanth Caustic lunar Sc com. do Tims do Guiac AVhite wax FConcenfe of roses Carbonate of iron Ethiop’S mineral Gallnut^, Glue Ichthyoccola Labina, Manna Nux Vomica Tooth ihstniinents Ipecac, Klmbard Balsams of all kinds Breast Pipes .Blue &c white Vitrol Straniouia, Cicuta, Peruvian, W iiitet, .Liquoiice, See. Cinnaist-in, Angus- Flowers of Zinc tura, Limirouba Chamomile, Lenna i&-Cuscorilla Harks Rosemary See. Cream Tartar, Castor, Mask tlu Mastic do Foetida do Elastic do Scammony Lancets and cases Magnesia, nutmegs Surgeons needles Trocars, Syringes of all kinds- Bigitalis, Lenna dOlEngh'sh 0 90 0 70 O 50 0 46 Great Pi-imep, Double Pica, Do Gl. Primer, Large f e tter plain Pearl, per lb, Nonpariel, Minion, Brevier, B o u rgeois, Long Priiuer, Soiatl Pica, Pica, The prices of other descriptions bf.type are propoi tLonably reduced. ‘ O' 1 tvpes received in payment ait 9 cts. per pound. PhilideJphia, July 9, 1329. 28 Iodine, Indigo English Must'd seed Ifidelible Ink Emery, Eiis Veneris I^ps’m ie Glaub’r Sits Ether, Vitriol Flo’s. Bienzoin Sod^ Se Seidiftz Towders Valerian, Seneka Red and white pre- cipiiaie Phospharus Quassia, Colombo Spigeliagentiun Curcuma, scilla llell<jboire» serp, Virg. ihpi galeitgal Colchicilun, resip Satsaptifilla ' V’enice iiurpentitiie Uva urs? ! urgical Instruments iilph. Quinine lace, Madder Cayenne Pepper Ginger Root Nitre, rochelle, soda Succin, tartar, inartis and Absynth salts Sulphur, 'sealing wax Castile and Windsor soap, cardamom, Annis, colcbicum, £& Foenegre leeds Sagn. spermRceii Spt. riitre &.,l.ave^S5, Sub. carb. soda Tapers, smalts M ISCELLANEOUS. From Blackwood’s Magazine, for -Nove'mber. M A L A V O L T I. i A N E j YPOLIT.S^N s t o r y . -Bj, tht 4M(Aor o f ^First and Last,' &-c. ' ( Concluded.) Madavoltr, meanwh'fle, was fearfully agitated. The impassioned appeal of his mother had unnerved him. He spoke not, neither did he uncover his face. But ^ Here is a holy father,’ growlediVer- ruchio, ‘ who says he wants to sjpe^ ivith'you. He would not be dehied ; ;but by St. Agne§, it is as much ai^pine office is worth toflet him in at thife un timely Ipur.. 4 do must be quick, friar, or come again! in the morning; fjor 1 $hall return Speedily to conduct votl, forth.’ , ■ The jailor retired, locking the door Hfter him. Malavoltji, in the dim ttwi-' light of his celi, could jiist discern the tall figure of a man closely wrapped in the cowl and black drapery of a Eran- tiscan monk, who listened for a moment his labouring chest, the trembling of his body, his deep drawn sighs, and his convulsive sobs, denoted __ , _______ what a tempest raged withiu. Grasping-To the receding sound of Verruc^io’s the phaderous fetters that hung upon'^ '' him, he arose, paced up and down his cell, & dashed away, with an impetuous li-diad, the tears that still gathered in his eyes. Beatrice uttered not a-*.vord. In antsious silence she watched the stormy conflict of his passions. It was to her 0 46 Scabbards and O 40 Quotations, 0 36 A LARGE l l u W f s 0 30 Wafers, &tc. &c. a s s o r t m e n t o f IS A G R E A T V A R IE T Y OE I ' a t e f t t M e ^ L i c i n e s , -H -------- ^U C H AN’ ----------- undersigned and their asso-^ ■ 'dates, having become proprietors of all the belonging to the Holland) Land Company, on and adja cent to the Erie Canal, lyhich remain ed unsold, in the counties of Gf nesee, Orleans, Erie and Niagara, ani con tained in the following townships, to wit :-r- Townships No. a Lamot’s and Ahdcr-Wlioatoii's Itch Oint- son's Cough Drop.'-: meiu 8i Hitters Opodieldoc Swaim's I’cnacea Hriti.-ih Oil Indian E.xtract or Aiomat'i|C Fbladelpliis “ Bateiiian’s Drops Gotlfrey’s Cordial, Fosgate’s Anodyne Cordial 2 German Thomjison’s ^ and .Davenport’s ^ ^ Ey e Water & 14 in Rhnge & 14 “ 13 & 14 f‘ 13 &. 14 j“ _ “ 13 13 K 14 “ 13 13 & 14 15 “ 12 13 & 14 “ . 12 13 & 15 ofler the same for sale at reduced prices, either by townships, or in quantities tq suit purcha.sers. No tract of laud in the State Of New York can ofler greater induc‘dmients to agriculturalists than the foregoing- It is situated in the in'jst fl'crai'ishihg Na tion of the state, interspersed vviith in dustrious settlers, with a soil hot sur passed by any in the country tor fertility, and mostly covered with valuable timber of various kinds : superadded tp which advantages, the facilities to market by Car.al Navigation, place these lauds oji an equality with any in the United States. A portion of them afe well adapted for the growth of hempi, which article must in time become onO of the staple productions of this state, i - ^ The terns of sale to eompajiies, Ipr to individral settlers, will be veity favor able, anduthe most unquestionalble title given to those who purchase. CHARLES E. DUDKEY, ) ^ WM. L. iM-ARCY, - 1 .'§■ B K NU‘A M 1 N K N O W E R , f Is RUSSEL FORSYTH, 4 } . TRUM B U L L CARY, Bafaviai LO T CLARK, Lockpdr, -Apply to Charles E. Dudley of |i|Vl-^ h-'-.y or Lot Clark agent at Lockpprt. ‘ Nip Cephalic Bdlsain pf Life llaila^ni; Oil Lees’, Hjooper’st . ) Da ven part’s :j Anderson’s Si ^ Jan>es*’[’haver j and Ollier J OTiingeiS anA \Lemons A general assortment of C o n j e c t i o n a r y . A l.irgeland compileie assortment of Paint ; and Graining . i S R U S H E S . „ Sash 'll ools, CamePs Hair Pen- ! eijs, &.C. St)ii*Us ^roYpontino. C O A ^ ^ S B T T N ia t a i n t s . _____ SUCH A S - ----- W hite [jcad, do. giound in Oil Red Lead, Spanish W hite Spruce Yellow, Cronie Yellow Crome G reen, Pi usian Blue Cochinpal, Carmine, Lamp Black Rose Pink, \ eneiian Rod, Kings Yellow Vermif on, Turkey Umber Terre l)e Sienna, Yellow Ochre Verdigris, distilled and common Paints irt Boxes, Glue, Rfesin, Gold a id Copper Bronze Smalts Lilliui'ge, Coiial Varnish Gqld and Silver Leaf - Liiirseed and Lamp Oil, Drop Lake Stphe Yellow, Spanish Brown. ALSO ------- w i n e s : SICKNESS. PORT) iviADIERA, a n d TBNERIFFE OP SfllEUIOUU (JUALITY—-FOR ^ O T t u g ^ s e \ L e e c l x e s ■iSVU 1 a determination to sell our crticles on the most leasonable terms, we Solicit continnance of publick palronagej (J^ 'J’hose in ildebled to us are rjequested to call and settle llJeir accounts, s- G Q T E S &, SE A V E R . 1829. 48 Batavia, Dec. IIO 'SJI^T 'lr © B .IIE R S ^ . S I I Paid i ll - CO U N T Y OR- U E B S , bJ € ' s. V. 17, ■ g r a n t &. Co. the omep of a prosperous issue; for what alone she feared was that calm, unruffled spirit which, in the begioDing, had betokened so fixed, so deep, and so inexorable a purpose. Some minutes^hid tnus elapsed, and the violence of Mate,- volti’s emotion was gradually subsiding, vyhen he approached Beatrice, took her hand, and in a faltering voice addressel her : ‘ You have prevailed !’ said he. ‘ B» satisfied ! 1 am as innocent of this drimt, mother, as when you bore me ; doubt not that. But you shall see me mount the scaffold like a felony and I will die —a murderer’s death—and let a holy priest shrieve me of my sins. All tiis I’ll! do, in poor requital of that weary pilgrimage you have borne for me. Ilut oh ! I did, indeed, meditate far other things ! I did look to mock at my d«s- troyers, and in such a way as would have told the world that Me{avolti, who shruuk from, the axe, had fortitude enou|jfe, to embrace a hundred deaths shunning one—to die hourly, through the space allotted him yet to live. But it is idle uow, to talk of cancelled paths made to ray own heart in the agony of shame, as 1 contemplated the ighomious scene of a publick-execution. Do with me as thou wilt.’ Beatrice embraced her son and wept upon Ijiis. ]i:>osom. _The feelings of both nwre jM^I]l)a|motpenit |ieypnd the reach of l a i k t ^ e J Xnd' cypu after their first wfi 9 the -• T h e mind pf Ma|lapo|tiIia^Phflergone a complete revolutidn. He bad a new character to play ; new passions to controul and guide ; new duties to learn ; and a new path in his passage to the grave. Beat rice, on the other hand, now that the pressure of the greater evil was removed, felt with accumulated sharpness that which she fancied was entirety blunted, because its pain had been lost in the more acute anguish of one whose anti- cioatioD maddened her. She could now meditate ppoh the single gfief of her approaching bereavement, and sorrow ful enough were her meditations ; but never once did she allow them to betray themselves by word, or sigh, or tear, or look, in presence of MalavoUi; no ! this incomparable woman, with all the lofty spirit of the noblest matron of ancient Greece or Rome, held h#r maternal grief in subjection, that she might the better comfort and sustain her son. ' It was only when she was alone, and' in the solitude of her.own thoughts, and unobserved by any, that she paid the natural tribute of the heart, and dis charged it of its swelling burden. Time passed on, and every day Beat rice was at her post. Noxooner did the hour strike at which the outer gates of the^prison were unlocked, than she pre sented herself for admission, and sought the gloomy dungeon of Malavolti.— Sometimes she was accompanied by the venerable Padre Anselrao, who admi nistered the holy offices of religion, and with pious zeal prepared her unhappy son for death. It was an inexpressible consolation to Beatrice herself to parti cipate in these offices, to listen to the exhortations of the sacred apostle of grace, &. to join her own fervent prayers with the appointed ones of the Church, ffirthe efficacy of their intpreession. At other times, when Anselmo was delayed or prevented in bis attendance by duties elsewhere, she would sit for hours with Malavolti, discoursing of a world to come with such a calm earnestness of v(]»ice,and with such seeming tranquility of spirit, that, but for the uflectionate ardour of her manner, she might have appeared a kind friend only seeking to lighten the tribulation of a friend, in stead of an anxious h^art-bi'oken mother supporting .a beh.ivedYion under the trial of approaching death. It was op the evening of the 18th day, and when only three more inters vened before thcolry of execution, that Malavolti was awakYned from a quiut sleep into which he had fallen, after the departure of Beatrice for the night, by the haf-sh grating of.hi.s cell door. beavy footstepsaloug the stone passjage, tmd then striding hastily to him, threw back his hood and cloak, exclaim|ing, ^ Fly ! save your life !’ ‘ Who are you .U replied Malavolti, raising himself from his straw. ‘ It matters not. I come to save you. 'there is no time for words. Full on this disguise. The gloom of evebing tji'ill befriend you. Get beyond jtlie prison walls. There jmu will find per sons waiting to convey you from Ithe danger of p u rsuit; and leave the resit to me.’ ‘ Why should I do this ?' ‘ T utj tut—ask questions, man, w|ien you have leisure to be inquisitive. I A moment’s irresolution and vre l^il. Here^hold your chains thus, and they will not clank ; wrap yourself in tjhis cloak, draw the cowl down round yhur face, and be sure you speak not, fior Walk,-with too engttr step till you iare once fairly on the outside. Here—hefe.’ ‘ You come upon a thriftless errapd, W’hoever sent you,’ said Malayolti, dis engaging himself from the disgujise^ which the stranger was placing , upon him. ‘ Are you mad .'’ ‘ No : I am innocent !’ replied Mala- Volti, proudly. ‘ G.anted ; but your death is inevila- hle.’ ' ‘ 1 know it ; ahd I will not avoid; it by an act^vliich would gil’e every tongue in Naples a license tC say I de served it.’ ‘•By St. Francis!’ exclaimed ^ e stranger, ‘ you atoaze me. But I halve risked too much already not to risl^ a little more. Consent to fly Or w h a t,?’ in terru p ted M a lavolti ‘iiarfc? Verruchio returns. 1 hear bt>-4^i«top3A..fqiiick t quick !; I ’ll throw pryself oto this straw, while you, as |he door opens, stand prepared to quit tjhe\ cell, that so he may not enter himsdif, aqd perceive the cheat. When ydu t|re safe, I know a way to save m y ^ f .’ • ‘ You disturb me,’ said Malavo|ti. Be quick yourself, rather, and-resume for your own secure return, the disguise that has enabled you to cqme saftjly hither. Whpe’er you are, your motives Claim my gratitude, though 1 disdain; to use the means you profl’er.’ , | The next moment tlie key was heard! in the door. Therstranger hastily reclothed hiiaSelf in his monk’s garb ; as Veriu- ebio entered, he ejaculated in a Ipw voice a pious Benkdicite ! and sloiVly followed him frcKi Use ceii. iviaiavcilti ret’urried to his straw ; but it was lopg before the purturbaition which this mys terious scene had occasioned would al low him to sleep. There was no cl{ue by which to unravel the interest any human being, except his mother, cofild he supposed to feel in his fate, sufficient to suggest such an enterprise ; and well h’e knew it originated not with her. Spe bad ail along fixed his thoughts too stea dily upon the fatal consummation of his iniquitous sentence ; and was besidfes, as incapable as himself, of flavouring a scheniie which though it might save his life. Would ratify, his imputed gubt. Weaified with conjectures, he at length sunk into a feverish and disturbed slufi:- ber. , ' . . Npt such was the slumber into which he shnk ,a few short hours before jhe went! forth to execution. Beatrice had obtained permission to pass with him that last, that dreadful night: &. she did jso. At midnight, the good ^adre Anscl|no retirW to seek a brief repose, promising to return at sunrise. Beatrice sat {by her !!on’s side, supporting his head upon her josom and gazing wistfully at tbpse features which had the paleness oflcing imp isonment upon jthem, but nothing else to wring her hea|rt. Thieir exprgs- .sion was angelick, aind shgne with the sanctity of perfect rejsignation. As ^hq parted the clustering raven locks that covered his fine open brow, she thought he bafl never lookecjl so like his fotfier, as she last remembered to have sqen biof, when he too in his dyifig hour re clined upon her bosom. .And then fin- bidden recollections crowded fast ufion her mind ; step by step they ca^^ried her back through Luried hopes, and bright dreams that were, when all the present joy, and future bliss, that beamed l'|ke sunny visions upon the spatkling tide of time, was precious to her, only berau.se it u^os shared, or proj)hcsied to be St) in years to come, with her much beloved son. The transition from these remem brances to the scene before her was dreadful. It pierced her very soul; and it was a relief from the torture of her qvvn foTItary thought? while Mala volti Hept, when the entrance of Ansel- mo called both herself and him to tlie solemn preyiarations for the scaffold. The bell tplled ! the assistants of the prison entered the dungeon to attire Ma- Javolti in the usual dress of a criminal who is to die for murder. A faint flush passed across his cheok during this hu miliating ceremony, and he cast his eyes round the cell for his nfinther, as if be would have conveyed to\her by one hurried look, all t% t his ^ o u d spirit suffered, as the prich.^or yielding to her prajers. But she was no longer pre sent, Firmly resolved to abid^all, while she could be firm, she had found it impossible to witness this ceremony,^ and io take her last farewell, without betraying such'emotions as might have unmanned Malavolti at- the moment \\ hen he had most need of all his ener gies. She had, therefore, withdrawn unperceived, pronouncing no other adieu than the mute oqe which was con centred in the agonizing look she fixed upon him as she hurried out of his pre sence forever ! j • The procession began'. Malavolti walked with a firm step, an erect figure, an air of conscious innocence, and with something of expressed contempt for the injustice he sustained, mingled with a profound character of religious awe at the solemnity of his situation, the scaf fold was erected about a hundred yards from the walls of the prison. It was a beautiful summer morning, and the Sun shone with all the brilliant radiance; & the air fanned upon his pallid cheek! as he passed,into it, with all the balmy soft-' ness, of the Italian climate.’ The as sembled crowd was numerous; but, of the many thousands who were col-- lected, not one A’enturOd to disturb the thrilling silence of the scene. Malavolti surveyed the multitude ; and again 'his face was flusheil for a moment, while his,knitted brow, and the haUg;hty gath ering up of Ris body, proclaimed t|ia^ one last- struggle with himself,,^one piling rally of mere earthly passion? throbbing in his heart. iBut it.'waX sdon over, and he ascended the scaffold with the calm demeanor of a man in whfim the fear of death had p8XSed away. The last offices of'religion werSghr- formed by Anselmo, who had reiireq a few paces from the block ; the -execu tioner stood ready with his axe ; aind Malavolti was in the act of kneeling down, after having requested the hea<is- man not to strike till he gave,the sig nal, by stretching forth his hand, when a voice from the crowd Exclaimed ‘Stop !’ Malavolti either beard it npt, or supposed it to be soiue ether cry, for he knelt down, while the assistants pro ceeded to place him id the paper Po sition, when the same voice in a louder and franiick June, was beard again.]— ‘Innocent! Innocent!’ it cried or rath er screamed. The words were instafit- IV repealed by a thousand longues, ajud the air resounded, with tumultuous shouts o f ‘Innocent! Innocent!’ 'The scene that followed was at once sublifiie and terrifick. Malavolti raised himself on one knee, & gazed wildly around, as if suddenly firoused front some frightful dream. The officers of justice, mista king the confusion for a desperate at tempt at rescue, laid hold of hipt, and endeavoured to force; his head doivn again to the block, while the executioner grasping the axe firmly in both hands^ with a ferocious look,[stood in an atti tude to strike ihe'Iatal t|low, the moment there was room for him to wield tlie instrument. The pOpulace hooted, groaned, yelled—amid loud and louder cries of, ‘Innocent! Murder! Brittor- no ! Brittorno !’ Malavofii, with a giant’s strengith, wrested himself from those who were struggling to hold him, and like a ra{|.n- iack, sprung at the throat of the exe tioner, who had raised his axe to him where he stood. The peop|le, hearing down all opposition, rushed fpr- ward ;■ Malavolti and tho exocutiofier rolled together on the platform, the lat-- icr streaming with -blood from a wopiid infliclcd with his own axe in falliug, when, just at that moment, a man was seen forcing his way through the crowd, and ascending thpsleps of tho scaffold. It was ilio Count Brittorno himself! Ho was enveloped in a black,cloak, his hat off, his features distorted with ago-^ ny, and exclaimed in a voice that re sounded tibove the wild roar of the mul titude-—‘Look on me! look on me! 1 iim Brittorno—Malavolti is innocent !’ The eye of Malavolti claught One glimpse -of his person, and burlsuiig ifilo an hys terical laugh, he swooined in o the arms of the Padre Anselmo. A iremenduus shout of exultation bufsl from the popu lace ; which was repeated with ileafeu- iiig violence when they saw ho Itand'of \ Malavouis^firraly grasped in that of Bril- torno, who .was kpeeling by his side. In a few mc^ents peace was restored!, and though n^--one could explain the cause of what ihW alLwitnessed, every one rejoiced in theVmiraculous’preservi' ation of a noble cavalier frowaooo-i merited and shameful d ^th* Malavoll ti, as sooR as he had rec^ered from hi| swoon, was conducted baefcao the pii^ on amid the now silent symp^hy of the thousands who bad a.«sembled ^ b e h o k the execution. They gently BiesSet him as he passed, but abstained hron all violent demonstrations of joy, ^ an instinctive delicacy of feeljng, whic^\ Animated the whole as if they were buii one man, and taught them to rev'erenct the grandeur of his situation. Ahd Bea trice ! Where was she 1 Did no mes- senger of gladness pour the halm of joy into her sad heart? Was there no swift tongue to tell; her she was still a mother? Ob, yes ! Those Shoutsi^the wild up- hoar—those strairling notes that filled the'^ very air with voices imiumerable, crying;aloud, ‘Malavolfi Innocent!’ out ran tbfi\?urer tidings of the good Ansel mo, whd^.sought the poor mourner in her desolaih habitation. ‘I will praise the Lord as long a\? ~ ' G od ' praise to my' I live ! I will sing kq while I have my be ing ! was all she^ n C o aid say, when, with streaming eyes upih,ised to fleaven, she again folded in her arms her living son. A few words will suffice to relate the circumstance which led ^ t h i s extraor dinary catastrophe. T ^ \ C o u n t Brit torno was the victim of his Own snares. Believing that Malavolti was hk secret rival in the affection? of bis mjstress Angelica, he had resorted to the fitmil- iar practice of his country, and e m ^ ed three desperate bravos to pro\ about the grounds of his villa, and w a tcl:\ their opportunity for assassinating hjtn, should he approach the house. These hired slabbers bad„heen m his pay for several weeks ; but as Malavolti was nt candidate for the lady’s favour?, they might have pursued their honourabWi calling for as many osonths without sur prising their prey. It was to this secre ambush however, that Brittorno aJlir^^ altercaLioliS \With M a layhltr^ithe^D u k e de M o n lre- 3fiu- fell he there were fools in the mty eT NfipIes Wl _____ _______ chafice.hfi iimat of being ‘ oto - vided .he i^oogfat seriously of dyings’ tBy what fatal mis chance or finder wfiat unforseep cir cumstances it happened, was • never known; but that very night, Coun^ Brittorno himself, repairing to his villa, was mistaken for Malavolti, set npon by his own blood hounds and for dead in the way already mentione'a. At first Brittorno believed that the persons who had attacked him were hired by Mala volti, who bad taken that method to su percede the necessity of meeting him on the folloyifing morning. Hence his own \rill;r.C!^ess andThat of his family^ to cDnceaf the fact of his '.rounds not be ing mortal in the hope that the conven ient forms of Neapolitan justice would worlk out their revenge by sending him to a scaffold ; while they knew-it would be no inexpiable offence in fhe eyes of the majority of their countrymen, that Brittorno should afterwards appear. He would be rid of a detested rival at all' events ; and he did not despair of living down whatever odium the circumstance might at first excite. The scltemej theiofore, was fully resolved upon, and adroitly managed. But in the interval, -end while slowly recovering from his wounds, Brittorno received unequivocal proofs from his mistress, that his susph jcious were utterly unfounded with le- gaid to Malavolti, and he also learnec who were his real assassins. Jt was then that something like compunclioii began to awaken in his breast for tht impending fate of Malavolti. He wouL willingly have rescued him from it. Bui how could he do so, without betraydm his own unp^talled perfidity ? Hi? contrivance ^,as sending one oNtis myr midons, disguised as a monk, to prOvai upon Malavolti to escape, from prison ; but when this object failed, he know not what to do. Rase as he was, hei could not reconcile even to his con-- science the'^idea of sacrificing not only an innocent man, but one he had ascer tained, had never wronged him iu tlu point wliere he was most sensitive. Stil he could not resolve to make the sacri fice o f himself in ihp only way thai would enable him to du subslHutial jus tice. .At length th'e -day ()f Malavolii’s execution arrived, and impelled by a resiless impulse which he strove in vain to resist ; he mingled with f.|iGycrowd in disguise ; hut wlten he saw Hie guilt less Malavolti in the act of offerl^Dg up a life he had not fhrfeited, his emotions became so violent and ungovernable, that lie rushed forvVard t,o arrest the fatal ca tastrophe in tlie Way described, rliough almost toojate to give effect to his tar dily aiyvakened sense of honour. 1) is i-eria'rily wiser and better to avoldfliffi-i cuhita 'll ui to provide leinedies for tbpai. t-- <i-' • vf- a - ■ - M m - V: 4 i ■ ' •» “'•fa ■I i . < .‘1 \ 1 - - l i S s f i A ? | -
